RunAs Radio

Turning off Your Last Exchange Server with Tony Redmond

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready to turn off your last exchange server? Richard talks with Tony Redmond about the recent announcement by Microsoft around management tool...

Cloud Infrastructure for Healthcare with Lynn Langit

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How does healthcare function in the cloud? Richard talks to Lynn Langit about her work helping healthcare-related workloads move into the cloud. Lynn ...

IT in War with Sami Laiho

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when your neighbor starts a war? Richard chats with Sami Laiho about how his work has changed since the conflict between Russia and Ukrai...

Top Technical Skills for Modern IT Pros with Sonia Cuff

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What are the technical skills that the modern IT Pro needs? Richard chats with Sonia Cuff about a recent blog post that digs into the array of technic...

SQL Q&A from SQL Server & Azure SQL Conference Spring 2022

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In Las Vegas, once again, this is the Q&A session from the SQL Server & Azure SQL Conference in April 2022. Richard moderated questions and answers fr...

Backup and Ransomware with Karinne Bessette

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How can backups protect you from ransomware? Richard chats with Karinne Bessette about how backup technology has responded to the need for ransomware ...

Moving Away from Active Directory with Travis Roberts

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can we move away from Active Directory? Richard talks to Travis Roberts about the prospect of moving organizations off of Windows Active Directory and...

Managing Teams Sprawl with Erica Toelle and John Gruszczyk

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you manage the sprawl of Teams? Richard chats with Erica Toelle and John Gruszczyk about the governance of Teams, starting with allowing a bit ...

Fixing Problem WiFi Devices using Tonic with Ryan Woodings

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We all have those problem WiFi devices - how do you fix them? Richard chats with Ryan Woodings about Tonic, the latest product from MetaGeek that help...

Query Performance Tuning Strategies with Monica Rathbun

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you keep your SQL queries fast? Richard chats with Monica Rathbun about her approaches to SQL Server query tuning. Monica starts with defining ...

Learning Bicep with John Downs

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ready to flex your Bicep? Richard talks to John Downs from Azure Fast Track about configuring Azure resources using Bicep. John talks about Azure Reso...

PowerShellGet 3 with Sydney Smith

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What's coming in the next version of PowerShellGet? Richard chats with Sydney Smith about PowerShellGet in general and version 3 specifically. Sydney ...

Chocolatey for Business with Gary Ewan Park

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What can Chocolatey do for you? Richard talks to Gary Ewan Park about the latest version of Chocolatey, including Chocolatey for Business. Originally ...

How Azure Arc Facilitates Digital Transformation with Erin Chapple

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is Azure Arc a crucial part of bringing the cloud into your organization? Richard talks with Microsoft CVP Erin Chapple about how Arc helps with digit...

Email Transport Security with Gareth Gudger

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you secure your email transport? Richard talks to Gareth Gudger about the various additional protocols and approaches essential to transporting...

Windows Virtual Desktop Becomes Azure Virtual Desktop with Jen Sheerin

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Windows Virtual Desktop is now Azure Virtual Desktop! Richard chats with Jen Sheerin about how Windows Virtual Desktop has evolved to become Azure Vir...

SQL Server 2022 with Bob Ward

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's 2022, time for a new version of SQL Server! Richard chats with Bob Ward about Microsoft's latest release of their ubiquitous database. The conver...

Bringing Viva into your Intranet with Tracy van der Schyff

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How does Microsoft Viva work alongside your Intranet? Richard talks to Tracy van der Schyff about her recent projects integrating Viva into existing i...

Getting Beyond Internet Explorer with Joel Hawks

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application retires and goes out of support on June 15, 2022. Are you ready? Richard talks to Joel Hawks about what r...

Modern Client Management with Julie Andreacola

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's 2022, how do you manage your client machines? Richard chats with Julie Andreacola about modern client management. Julie talks about how the pande...

SQL Q&A from SQL Server & Azure SQL Conference Fall 2021

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Back in Las Vegas and in person, this is the Q&A session from the SQL Server & Azure SQL Conference in December 2021.Bob Ward, Anna Hoffman, Buck Wood...

Getting a Security Audit with Paula Januszkiewicz

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What's a security audit, and why do you need one? Richard talks to Paula Januszkiewicz about auditing security, technical reviews, and so-called penet...

Getting Certificates Right using Intune with Richard Hicks

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Getting your Public Key Infrastructure right can be tricky - and getting wrong can be very bad. Richard talks to Richard Hicks about the right way to ...

DevSecOps in 2022 with Jess Dodson

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

2021 was a tough year for security - how can we do better in 2022? Richard chats with Jess Dodson about working to get better at information security ...

IT in 2022

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happy holidays! Another year, another set of predictions around the life of IT Pros – now in 2022! The pandemic continues to evolve, with new varian...

Hybrid Identity with Sonia Cuff

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Does your organization need hybrid identities? Richard talks to Sonia Cuff about Hybrid Active Directory, connecting your on-premises Active Directory...

Deprecating Basic Auth with Greg Taylor

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Basic authentication is going away in Exchange Online - how will it impact you? Richard talks to Greg Taylor about the long-planned end of basic authe...

Your Adaptability Quotient with Sara Caldwell and Angela Dugan

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What's your adaptability quotient? Richard chats with Sara Caldwell and Angela Dugan about the ideas behind the adaptability quotient - the ability to...

IT Christmas Gifts with Joey Snow and Rick Claus

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Christmas Gifts for IT Pros! Richard chats with Joey Snow and Rick Claus about their favorite gift ideas for your favorite IT Pros. Yeah, IT folks are...

Windows 11 is Released with Mary Jo Foley

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Windows 11 Ships! So now what? Richard chats with Mary Jo Foley about her thoughts around the release of Windows 11. Mary Jo talks about how quiet the...

Cloud Security Thoughts with Corey Quinn

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Is the cloud secure? Richard chats with Screaming in the Cloud's Corey Quinn about the latest spate of security issues in AWS and Azure - and the resp...

Chaos Engineering with Julie Gunderson

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Should you inject a little chaos into your systems? Julie Gunderson says yes! Richard chats with Julie about how deliberate failing portions of your s...

Show 800!

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 800! Richard chats about making 800 episodes of RunAs with Microsoft Technical Fellow Jeffrey Snover. The conversation digs into the state of ...

The Rise of Ransomware with Ann Johnson

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Is ransomware getting worse? Richard talks to Microsoft VP of Cybersecurity Ann Johnson about the state ransomware today. Ann quotes Sutton's law: "Wh...

From Citrix Cloud to Azure Virtual Desktop with Aidan Finn

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What's the right way to have virtual desktops in the cloud? Richard talks to Aidan Finn about a virtualization project he was involved with that start...

Azure Communication Services with Mary Anne Noskowski

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How do you add custom audio, video, and text communications into your organization? Richard chats with Mary Anne Noskowski about Azure Communications ...

PrintNightmare with Jeremy Moskowitz

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are you stuck in the print nightmare? Richard talks to Jeremy Moskowitz about the ongoing battle over potential exploits through the point-and-print s...

Trusting PowerBI Reporting with Melissa Coates

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Making mistakes with reporting or analytics can lead to mistakes in business and a loss of trust - now what? Richard chats with Melissa Coates about b...

Files, Folders, Lists, and More in Microsoft 365 with Jason Moore

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How does your organization work with files in Microsoft 365? Richard chats with Jason Moore about the role of OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, and t...

Windows Package Manager with Sarah Lean

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Does Windows need a package manager? Richard talks to Sarah Lean about Windows Package Manager, aka winget. Of course, there have been package manager...

Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Using Azure Arc with Jeremy Winter

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's a hybrid and multi-cloud world - how do you manage it? Richard talks to Microsoft VP Jeremy Winter about Azure Arc and its ability to work across...

Help Your Business Succeed using Data with Jen Stirrup

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There's value in the data your organization has gathered - do you know how to use it to help your company succeed? Richard chats with Jen Stirrup abou...

Responding to a Ransomware Attack with Dana Epp

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How do you respond to a ransomware attack? Richard talks to Dana Epp about dealing with a ransomware attack. Dana discusses making a plan - if you don...

Azure Active Directory Conditional Access with Nitika Gupta

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How can Azure AD Conditional Access help to protect your organization? Richard chats with Nitika Gupta about the tooling available to detect and react...

Windows 11 with Paul Thurrott

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Paul is back! Richard chats with Paul about the recently released preview of Windows 11. Paul talks about being a bit surprised by the timing of Windo...

The Post-Pandemic Hybrid Workspace with Martina Grom

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the pandemic starts to wind down in some parts of the world, the conversation is turning to - do we go back to the office? Richard talks to Martina...

SQL Questions and Answers from SQLIntersection Spring 2021!

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The SQL Server & AzureSQL Conference is BACK!  After more a year away, the SQL Server & AzureSQL conference happened in Orlando in June 2021. And tha...

Your Private Cloud Platform with Jennelle Crothers

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Can you have a private platform on the public cloud? Richard chats with Jennelle Crothers about her work with organizations setting up private Platfor...

Encryption, Compression, and Sharing in Server 2022 with Ned Pyle

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ned Pyle is back and he's got cool news! Richard chats with Ned about some of the features coming down the pipe for file storage in Windows Server 202...

Building SQL DevOps Tools with Kendra Little

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What's it like to build a tool for SQL DBAs? Richard chats with Kendra Little about her role at Red Gate being a product manager for the SQL DevOps to...

What Happened to Windows 10X with Paul Thurrott

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What happened to Windows 10X? Richard chats with Paul Thurrott about the ongoing saga at Microsoft to create a lighter version of Windows that can com...

How Teams works with SharePoint with Susan Hanley

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you bring Teams into an organization that already uses SharePoint? Richard chats with Susan Hanley about the intimate relationship b...

Microsoft Viva with Hilton Giesenow

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is Microsoft Viva? Richard chats with Hilton Giesenow about the recently announced Microsoft Viva as part of Microsoft 365. Hilton discusses how ...

Backing up PowerApps with April Dunnam

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How do you protect your PowerApps? Richard chats with April Dunnam about backing up and maintaining versions of PowerApps over time. April talks about...

The New Cybersecurity with Troy Hunt

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What does cybersecurity look like today? Richard talks with Troy Hunt about the recent news around the Hafnium exploits. The FBI utilized the vulnerab...

Getting Started using Power Platform with Sandy Ussia

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How do you get started with the Power Platform? Richard chats with Sandy Ussia about the familiar places that Power Platform first appears - domain us...

The Azure Storage Landscape with Karl Rautenstrauch

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So many ways to store data in the cloud, so little time! Richard talks to Karl Rautenstrauch about the array of offerings for your files in Azure Stor...

Getting the most from your Cloud Database with Jes Schultz

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You moved your data into the cloud - but have you moved your thinking? Richard chats with Jes Schultz about going beyond the lift-and-shift of databas...

Looking at the Windows Server 2022 Preview with Robert Smit

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Windows Server 2022 is in preview - have you checked it out? Richard chats with Robert Smit about the early stage preview of Server 2022 released to W...

Governing your Cloud VMs using Azure Automanage with Phoummala Schmitt

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ready to have your Azure virtual machines auto-managed? Richard chats with Phoummala Schmitt about Azure Automanage, recently released into public pre...

Azure Security Center with Yuri Diogenes

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How can Azure Security Center help you? Richard talks to Yuri Diogenes about the array of security tools in Azure, starting with Azure Security Center...

Managing Digital Transformation with Stephanie Donahue

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What did the pandemic do to your infrastructure? Richard chats with Stephanie Donahue about the array of digital transformations that have taken place...

The Hafnium Exchange Exploits with Tony Redmond

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A severe set of exploits have hit the on-premises Exchange server world. Richard talks to Tony Redmond about the so-called Hafnium exploits, a collect...

Data Governance using Azure Purview with Laurie Litwack

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is Azure Purview, and how can it help you with data governance? Richard chats with Laurie Litwack about the preview version of Azure Purview. Lau...

Securing Teams with Tobias Zimmergren

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are your teams secure? Richard chats with Tobias Zimmergren about securing Office 365 Teams - both internally and externally! The challenge of Teams c...

Migrating to Azure SQL with Anna Hoffman

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What's the right way to migrate SQL workloads to the cloud? Richard chats with Anna Hoffman about the expanding array of choices we have today for mov...

The Evolution of Your IT Career with Michael Levan

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How does your IT career evolve? Richard chats with Michael Levan about his career journey and some ideas of how your career can evolve as well! The co...

Source Control for IT Pros with Nicole Stevens

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone needs source control! Richard chats with Nicole Stevens about what IT Pros need to know around source control. Normally the purview of develo...

The Vastaamo Ransomware Event with Sami Laiho

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when our most private thoughts are ransomed? Richard talks to Sami Laiho about the Vastaamo Ransomware hack. Sami talks about how the hac...

Secrets Management in PowerShell with Sydney Smith

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Secrets Management ships for PowerShell! Richard chats with Sydney Smith who is the product manager for Secrets Management about how this PowerShell e...

Microsoft 365 for Small Business with Ian Williamson

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Does M365 work for small business? Richard chats with Ian Williamson about his work as a sole IT person in a small business trying to move into Micros...

The Technology of Work Life Balance with Heather Newman

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do your tools help you work the way you want to? Richard chats with Heather Newman about the concepts of work-life balance and how your tools can make...

PowerShell Crescendo with Jason Helmick

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's 2021 - does PowerShell really need any new features? Jason Helmick says yes! Richard and Jason talk about Jason's move to Microsoft into the Powe...

Doing More using Teams with Christina Wheeler

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What else can Teams do? Richard chats with Christina Wheeler about going beyond the default features of Teams, turning it into the hub of work that it...

Disaster Recovery Strategies to Fight Ransomware with Dave Kawula

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ransomware attacks are a disaster! Can your disaster recovery strategy cope? Richard talks to Dave Kawula about his experiences battling ransomware at...

Productivity in 2021 with Ulrika Hedlund

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What's your Productivity Score? Richard talks to Ulrika Hedlund about productivity in 2021 - the impact of the pandemic on work, and how IT can help. ...

IT in 2021

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! A year ago Richard flew solo to talk about what IT looked like in the new decade. And then the pandemic hit and changed everything. Wi...

GitHub and DevOps in 2020 with Nicole Forsgren

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What can GitHub tell us about DevOps? Richard talks to Nicole Forsgren about her new role at GitHub, studying the behavior of developers (and many oth...

COVID Christmas with Mary Jo Foley

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christmas time with COVID! Richard invites Mary Jo Foley on the show to celebrate a bit of Christmas and reflect on what a crazy year 2020 has been. M...

PowerShell for DevOps with Rick Taylor

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What role does PowerShell play in DevOps? Richard talks to Rick Taylor about his experiences building deployment pipelines for development and operati...

The Impact of the Pandemic on IT with Stephen Rose

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A year into the pandemic - how have things changed for IT? Richard talks with Stephen Rose about his experiences working with organizations during the...

DBA DevOps using Query Store with Erin Stellato

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How can Query Store help you participate in the DevOps cycle? Richard chats with Erin Stellato about the power of SQL Query Store - born out of Azure ...

Modern Work using Teams with Karoliina Kettukari

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How has the pandemic affected work? Richard chats with Karoliina Kettukari about the concept of Modern Work and the tools that make it possible. Karol...

Rick Claus and Joey Snow with Gadgets for the Pandemic

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What do you get an IT person for Christmas? Richard chats with Rick Claus and Joey Snow about what's on their list for Christmas - some gadgets expens...

Self-Service Passwords with Jan Bakker

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How can you empower your users to change their own passwords? Richard chats with Jan Bakker about the self-service password options in Azure and Micro...

From Documents to Lists with Lise Rasmussen

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How do you keep documents alive and maintained? Make them lists! Richard chats with Lise Rasmussen about Microsoft 365 Lists, the latest versions of l...

Culture during the Pandemic with Tracy Brower

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Every organization has a culture, and every culture has been affected by the pandemic. How is yours? Richard talks to Dr. Tracy Brower about how the C...

Exchange vNext with Gareth Gudger

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What's coming for Exchange? Richard talks to Gareth Gudger about all the news coming out of Ignite and beyond around Exchange server. Gareth talks abo...

Deployment and Work from Home with Johan Arwidmark

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Now that folks are working from home, how do you re-image their machines? Richard chats with Johan Arwidmark about the changes coming in Configuration...

Microsoft Office 365 FastTrack with Erica Toelle

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you're using Office 365, do you know about FastTrack? Richard talks to Erica Toelle about how FastTrack can help you get more value from your Offic...

Getting Active Directory Ready for Azure with Jess Dodson

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The pandemic rushed some work into the cloud - but getting up to the cloud in an organized way takes some preparation, starting with Active Directory....

Azure SQL Revealed with Bob Ward

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Where did Azure SQL come from and where is it going? Richard chats with Bob Ward about his new book, Azure SQL Revealed. The conversation starts out a...

Terraform vs Bicep/ARM with Steve Buchanan

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Pandemic has moved a lot of applications into the cloud. Are you automating the deployment? Richard chats with Steve Buchanan about the ever-advan...

The Evolution of AI with Amy Boyd

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial Intelligence is here to stay - how did this happen? Richard chats with Amy Boyd about where artificial intelligence came from, starting bac...

From Pandemic Adaptation to Transformation with Sonia Cuff

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The pandemic has accelerated the move to the cloud - but it's not the only reason to migrate. Richard talks to Sonia Cuff about the effects of the pan...

Azure IaaS Management with Samuel Erskine

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You're moving virtual machines to the cloud - how do you keep them organized and maintained? Richard chats with Samuel Erskine about all the things Az...

IPv6 During the Pandemic with Ed Horley

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Is the deployment of IPv6 impacted by the pandemic? Richard talks to Ed Horley about how IPv6 deployment has continued through the crisis - and also h...

Getting Started in Data Science with Ayodele Odubela

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to get started with data science? Richard talks with Ayodele Odubela about her new book on learning data science. Ayodele talks abou...

The Pandemic is Not Going Away Any Time Soon and Other Stories with Lauren Malhoit

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ever had a conversation take a twist you didn't expect? Richard talks to Lauren Malhoit about the state of networking during the pandemic. The convers...

Windows Exploit Protection with Chris Jackson

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Windows can protect itself from exploits – but you need to turn it on! Richard talks to Chris Jackson about his recently published document about ex...